Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables

Aesopica, more commonly known as Aesop's fables, is a vast assortment of short fables compiled by Aesop, a master story-teller who historians believe to have lived in ancient Greece from 620BC to 560BC. The earliest of Aesop's fables date back to the 510BC. Aesop is renowned for his masterful manipulation of the simplest of objects and plain incidents to highlight some of the greatest and strangest truths of life, asserting the weight of his message by painting stark contrasts between powerful elements. Aesop was known for his ironic depiction of life and truth through seemingly unrealistic stories consisting of ...